Hey Thinker
Big Thankyou...I'm just in here now and as soon as you go in
it starts.
Your busy enough.
The Last Samurai

Hi Mary and Thinker
Thanks so much for your efforts.
It was good Mary you saw Thinkers comments cut up by ads.I thought I was the boy who cried wolf.
It seems improved at the moment
Kind Regards
The Last Samurai

Ya know,if the Rabbits win the next few games without Mitchell,he may have to have a real good think about his attitude.

Hi just wanted to say that this should be a good round hopefully not to many floggings

Morning All
Welcome to one of the best days of the week. Thursdays are golf day and the first game of footy for the week, doesn't get much better than that.

I couldn't not make a comment about Thinker and his tip in the Tigers V Dragons match. I had a dig at him when he didn't tip the Tigers 2 weeks ago and I now recognise that he has shown some faith in them this week.

My only concern is that we looked a little lost last week without Galvin, Sullivan didn't impress me with his attack, guidance and or defence.

Have a great Thursday all.

Tiger

Hi Thinker, it's nice to be at the top of the ladder for a change, but I'm quite certain that I'll be back with the pack, in my usual position in the not too distant future😀. Good luck to everyone this week. Cheers, manyana.

Hello Mr Thinker,
I feel that there has been an error with my scores to date. I have checked my tips over the last five rounds, and they are as follows:
Rd 1: 3
Rd 2: 6
Rd 3; 4
Rd 4: 3
Rd 5: 6 giving a total of 22 not 16?
Can you check why I'm down by 6 points please?
Many thanks and kind regards Johnny Awesome

So disappointing for the Dolphins to lose Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow in such a ridiculously unnecessary chase and tackle on Corey Oates...
Oates Blatantly tackled a Dolphin without the ball before scooping up the ball and running away with it ... the ref doesn't blow his whistle to begin with (which he DAMN WELL SHOULD HAVE!!) , and while the crowd starts to go wild (half of them cheering on Oates and the other half screaming for the penalty , the ref gives a P!ssweak little toot toot that can hardly be heard !
I don't know who to be more annoyed with , Oates for going on a run when he Knew his blatant offense was on camera ,Hammer for bothering with the chase , his team-mates for not screaming at him to stop , or the F#(King ref for not sucking in a Big one and reblowing his whistle !... He probably thought it was of entertainment value to let it play out, but LOOK at the end result !... How LONG will the Dolphins be taking the field without their star fullback ??
... All in all this should serve as a salient lesson to all referees not to let play continue unnecessarily. .. I Really hope it gets addressed in Annesley's weekly briefing and by the press .... it's Not a Small matter. .. Are they concerned with player safety , players wellbeing and reducing the injury toll ?...then they need to Put This on their list..
.. P.S. .. when I saw it live I thought to myself "sheesh, the Hammer could have hurt himself in that awkward tackle" and sure enough, a few minutes later the commentators are agreeing that that tackle is where Fidow had done the damage. :-(

It's hard to remain neutral on Latrell Mitchell and my opinion of him, on and off the field, has gone up and down over the last few years.
Many have said "What goes on in his head?"
I believe I've identified a common thread in his behaviour that runs through his onfield 'brain snaps", his increasing "lazy periods", his expletives during interviews and on social media and his now common breaches of protocal -
................Respect is a One Way Street for Mitchell.
... He refers to himself as a role model and he seems happy and proud about that , and I understand that he does make himself available for various community based and charitable projects. But when he negates that with all kinds of bad behaviour, I find myself wondering "who is the real Latrell?".
When he threw that elbow at Shaun Johnson, take it from an old karate instructor, that was Not "raised his elbow", it was Not "lead with his elbow", it Was an elbow Strike... (and it was just dumb luck that Johnson's jaw was not broken.)
This guy is playing Angry and he is dangerous to any other opposing player.
It's only a few weeks ago he was angrily speaking out (posting on social media) about player welfare and that "the NRL better deal with this sh!t". He was, of course, referring to Esra Mam's mental welfare but physical welfare counts for just as much if not more. Your career won't end because of a racial slur , but at the moment I have a mental picture of Joey Manu"shattered, puffed up cheekbone .
Or how about Tohu Harris' close call with a broken neck during Mitchell's 13 minute rampage?
You may think I'm exaggerating now because the NRL let him off without charge. But I say the NRL missed their assignment to reign in this loose cannon whose first thuggish instinct was to whack his arm between Harris' legs and execute a spear tackle.
Thankfully he pulled out of it, probably as he realized that moments earlier he had been put on report already or maybe the other Rabbit in the tackle called out urgently.... Either way , Tohu Harris had a close call with a wheelchair. He was at Latrell Mitchell's mercy in that moment.
Also, there are plenty who would argue that Josh Addo-Carr was knocked unconscious because Mitchell dangerously came in knees first on a player already being bundled into touch. Mitchell (and JAC)was lucky he twisted last second and made contact with the hip, but he Definitely went in knees first and carelessly added to a fellow players list of severe concussions. The next round Mitchell runs onfield like nothing ever happened ... JAC didn't.
Imagine driving home from a match with your two children in the back seat wearing their Rabbitohs jerseys and listening to post match chatter on the radio and the Self Proclaimed Role Model starts an interview where Every Sentence includes a f**k or a s**t and then in the middle he declares "I don't care if I'm swearing boys, honestly", and then continues with more of the same.
Once again the NRL did Nothing.
Every time I see Latrell Mitchell standing stoically and deliberately silent during our National Anthem I immediately think of the time a few years ago when he gutlessly tried to hijack his ethnic heritage and culture in a pitiful attempt to excuse himself for breaking the country's Covid Laws and the NRL's protocols for his own selfish indulgences , proving that he believes himself to be above our laws and an exception to the rules that his peers and colleagues and fellow Australians were struggling to obey , many of whom were making much bigger sacrifices than anything that was required of him ..... Like the people who's loved ones were dying alone instead of being surrounded by the love of their family members and then buried without a funeral or a memorial.
That's what I think of when Latrell Mitchell takes a stance on Anything indigenous.
So, as I said at the beginning, I find myself wondering who is the real Latrell Mitchell ?... Is his community work just him building up a bank of brownie points that he believes entitles him to be so outspoken and disrespectful when he sees a chance to take some moral highground?
..... Too harsh?
Then answer me this -
Where is his respect for his fellow players' physical wellbeing ?
Where is his respect for the game that has given him So Much ?
Where is his respect for his team mates when he leaves them in the lurch because he wants to play like a thug ?
Where is his respect for his coach who's already under enough pressure ?
Where is his respect for his club with the most time spent on suspension in the entire league ?
Where is his respect for the NRL that's already given him too much leeway ?
Where is his respect for sponsors with his expletive ridden comments and interviews ?
Where is his respect for the fans that want to see their stars in action, giving their best effort all the time , Not sometimes ?
...
For me , Latrell Mitchell's one way street has come to a dead end.

Thank you Gummy.
I thought it had fallen on deaf ears.
A bit too pointy and lengthy for most I suppose , I tried to shorten it , but which part do you leave out?

@Thinker,
Thankyou for that.
I envy your ability to be succinct ... It's a gift I wasn't given :-)